A bunch of screenshots allegedly from DOOM 4 have surfaced, you can view these over on All Games Beta where they add: "Rumor: Doom 4 cancelled" with no further explanation. This doesn't seem a very substantial rumor, but Game Informer's Jim Reilly tweets it was worthy of debunking: "Bethesda says Doom 4 is not canceled" (thanks Xbox 360 - The Official Magazine). This is not the first rumor about d Software's upcoming shooter sequel that parent Bethesda has addressed in recent months, as in October they denied reports that the game was indefinitely postponed due to problems with the launch of RAGE.

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Shineyguy wrote on Mar 1, 2012, 14:40:id has always licensed their engines; they make a great deal of money off of it.

Yeah, they used to when they were independent, but they said they were not going to for the Rage engine, but were keeping it for in-house use (Zenimax-owned companies) only...

This isn't entirely true. They stopped licensing when they were independent - id Tech 4 is all pre Zenimax. And they've said they aren't really interested in licensing id Tech 5, though they've backtracked a bit and said they will but only for games published by Zeni, which isn't the same as in-house Zeni-owned companies. Valve would use id Tech 5 if they wanted to, they'd just have to let Zeni publish the title.